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In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

It's a hopeful sign that ICE keeps racking up Ls in these trumped-up cases against protesters and activists

you shouldn’t rake the leaves in your yard. the leaves act as habitats for beneficial insects and break down into nutrients that strengthen the soil

that’s absolutely right Alex 🗣️🗣️🗣️

We’re at $100–already a fifth of the way there!

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This also seems promising...

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An illustration of a very happy looking crocodile in a cluster of flowers

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MARTIN LUTHER IN 1517:

Our World in Data Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems

This also seems promising...

ourworldindata.org

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Oooo okay, lemme play w this instead of messin w Google...*

*Unless these are illbegotten papers, in which case 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

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Wai wai wai, holup, EV3 came out 29 years ago???¿¿¿ 😭😭😭

Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.

Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment

The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV

www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...

Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.

"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."

Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

You can't convince me that that this isn't a war on women.

Not when miscarrying can potentially cause a longer sentence than forcibly impregnating someone against their will does.

As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.

“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”

Possibly unpopular opinion but I think tenure should be revokable when you express bigotry toward the immutable characteristics of part of your student body. Such as saying women are naturally not as good at science and engineering. How many young women students has he harmed since saying that?

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You too, Tin Man 🥲🥲🥲

We really do deserve more than all this.

I know everyone is fed up with the state of the world but what if you didn’t take it out on people you have mild disagreements with on social media

Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy The project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.

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You are horrific here when you declare that you can’t judge actions like that’s dangerous

Oh god bsky:

You can have empathy for SA victims and ALSO have an opinion about their actions v that actively harm those around them

Yes cycles of abuse exist but that doesn’t mean you stop holding adults responsible for their choices

OH

WELL

WHY

NOT

Voting for trump has a shit ton of baggage

You don’t get to handwave away folks absolute distaste and horror about that in supposed defense of folks

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Ugh hate to post this but bringing this back to just get us out of a “small” hole. We have money coming in but it is a struggle to get caught up

Keeping the same gfm for transparency sake

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The way that I listened to this on loop, no skips for days at a time...

So just to be clear if you’re a famous comedian or writer (and white) “death threats” give you a three day suspension. But if you’re a disability advocate (and Black) it’s a perma ban?

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

Every AAA dev knows this. Any claim that AI content is placeholder is either
- (charitable) we use AI content and forgot to clean this one up, or
- (more likely) shit, we got caught

To any indie or aspiring devs: NEVER use placeholders that could be confused for final assets, because they will be.

Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’ The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi

"I insist on resisting with joy and finding pleasure where I can such as with my friends and two cats, Bert and Ernie. Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others." — Alice Wong, January 2025: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...